The goal of trying to RT-PCR in a 96 well plate was to try and recreate results that have already been published by the lab and better by lab skills. I learned that lab work is really really hard. At every instance something managed to go wrong meaning that I had to not only redo the PCR but remake the cDNA that I had consequently ruined. Once I accidently put 1006 microliters of water when I mean to put 106. So I had to start over. Another time I got all the way through the process but mislabeled my control and non control tubes so that all of my results were the exact opposite of what they were supposed to be. That was a tad frustrating to say the least. Since my attempts with bench work weren't novel in the slightest and my last day in the lab was coming up on May 1st I decided to focus on what I worked on during the first half of the year when it comes to my final presentation.
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